MSc Data Science

The MSc in Data Science is aimed at providing opportunities for students who wish to establish expertise and employment in data-centric, largely quantitative areas within a broad range of professional disciplines and areas of employment. A cross-disciplinary approach is therefore central to the delivery of the program.

• Quantitative Data Analysis (core)
• Mental Wealth: Professional Life (Data Ecology) (core)
• Advanced Decision Making – Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning (core)
• Spatial Data Analysis (core)
• Data Science Dissertation (core)

Employability:

The advantage of studying this program is that it will uniquely qualify students in a field that is increasingly recognized as being central to most professional areas and for which job opportunities have been rising exponentially. Holders of an MSc in Data Science will have an advanced qualification in this area and it will prepare them for a professional or research career. Holders of this qualification will be eligible to apply for membership of the Royal Statistical Society.